You’ll see that many of the items will be the same as any age category and could be boy or girl! For these girls: they are both young and old. Some might already be working full-time and some of the older girls might even be married in the next few years. Yet with their “adult” responsibilities, they still have the needs of children…something to hug and something that will make them laugh.

Haitian temporary shelter camp built by Samaritan’s Purse after the earthquake

This age group could really use school supplies, they are powerful tools that can transform these children’s futures.

A pastor from Uganda tells this story: “Ten-year-old Betty was visiting her cousin for a week when she was invited to the distribution. When she received a gift box that day, she was touched, and we could see tears flow from her eyes, which was a sign of how this gift was special to her. When our volunteers asked her why she was crying, she said she could not believe all the items in the box belonged to her. She shared a story of how she missed school for a week because she did not have a pencil to use. Now, she will be able to return to school because she received pencils in her box.”

School Supplies – Did you know that many children can’t attend school because they don’t have school supplies?

Pencils and sharpener

Pens

Colored Pencils

Erasers

Crayons

Markers

Solar calculator

Watercolor sets

Mechanical Pencils

Glue sticks, Adhesive tape

Notebooks, pads, index cards and all kinds of paper

Blank cards for writing notes to friends/family

Construction paper, scrapbook paper

Scissors (this age group can have sharp pointed scissors)

Ruler, protractor (metric)

Stickers

More complicated coloring books or sketch pads

Self-Inking stamps or stamps and ink pad

Chalk, small chalkboard

Backpack, or tote

NEW to the brochure this year:

Include items that children will immediately embrace, such as dolls, toy trucks, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, balls, toys that light up and make noise, etc.

This will be the exciting and fun item of your box, so for GIRLS to play with:

Stuffed animal – even older children need something to hug!

Jump rope

Jewelry

Craft kits (You can even make your own – fill a baggie with beads and string)

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9 Responses to Ideas for A Girl 10-14 Shoe Box

This may very well be my favorite box to pack! I have tried to pack exclusively for 10-14 boys but it never works out. I just can’t pass up a great deal on something sparkly and pretty so I end up with “girly” items every year. It all started years ago when a friend gave me 4 glittery pink hairbrushes “to put in those shoeboxes you make…” More than any other age or gender, I go heavy on toiletries with this group. Nail implements, tweezers, barrettes, and so on. Revlon coupons help me get quality nail stuff in the boxes for almost nothing.

Just a reminder – if you do include a toy, puzzle, or game (or anything else) that needs instructions, be sure to include the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are on the outer packaging, so if you are removing that, you might need to clip out the instructions and attach them. Even if the child doesn’t read English, there might be someone around who does – or the child can hang onto the gift until they find someone who can explain it.

Hi again
In New zealand the girls play elastics game, we can buy colourful elastic at the dollar stores which have instructional diagrams. My daughter when she was young used to play with it with her friends, using ordinary sewing elastic I had in my sewing box,she just tied the leastic into a big loop, used quite a bit, there are some videos on Utube showing how this is played, She sometimes played with a couple of friends or if she was on her own she used two kitchen chairs to hold the elastics. I now put thses in all my girls boxes either 5-9 and 10-14

I adore packing these boxes! 10-14 is my favorite, although I do one for each age category. It’s especially rewarding to pack a box for a young lady. The only thing I have to think about is the toys. Although, I agree with the stuffed animal, many places are prepping their girls for marriage at 10-14. We tend to keep are little ones young for a long time in first world countries, however in third world countries that’s not necessarily a popular belief.
Most rest of the things I get grooming or beauty products, or wearable items. I love the fashion scarves, and I get nice high quality scarves at Tuesday morning, along with nice small 79 cent sewing kits. Great list!